Recent content by Stone Mason

The bible says that Jesus ate bread, fish, and drank wine after his resurrection. It shows that he had a real body. But I wonder if he actually had to breath, to eat, drink or if that was just optional? If the lion lays down with the lamb in the future, would he be eating meat at that point?

A very good observation Arthur. What I have noticed on the Forum, even before it was updated to its current version, has been a consistent flaw in that was not discouraged and that had to do with the idea that "Smack" was acceptable, and even idealized. The lack of respect/civility is...

Its an interesting question that his children posed. "Did our Dad die in vain?" In some respects no - He was making a point that he believed with his whole heart was the right thing to do. In some respects yes - The stem cells that were used in testing the vaccine's efficacy are not used to...

No. In America, the government does have the right to force people living in the US to take certain medications. Please see , Jacobson v. Massachusetts, a 1905 case in front of the Supreme Court about a vaccination mandate. It would be better if you would research statements like that...

Hi Jeff, - Doing good, Parents not so good. I hope you are doing excellent these days. In terms of your body, your choice. 100% agree for any adult without a significant mental impairment, like the vast majority of people rejecting the vaccine. But on the flip side, the Government has an...

Vermont's population is 648,560. 99.9% vaccinated means 648 people in Vermont are unvaccinated = Grand Isle County Vermont's population is 7,485. if 79% is Vaccinated means 1,572 people are unvaccinated in the County in Vermont, which is over 2x the amount for the full state per your...

Yorzhik - Yes, that is it. No extra factors are in play. You understood the basic analogy correctly. In both cases, there is a risk of death, but it would be irresponsible, and possibly even evil, to choose the option where death is 1000 times greater. In terms of your comment about...

Marke - I'm very happy to hear that you recovered from Covid-19. That is the normal case for 99 out of 100 people. And as a benefit your immune system likely is even stronger than people that got the vaccines. But, 1 person out of 100 is not so blessed, and a few more get long Covid which is...

Marke - Life is not certain. There are many things that we must choose between while we are living. Like what spouse to marry, What school to go to, or not go to. When to have children, etc. Those items have uncertainty associated with them. But there are things we can do to improve our odds...

Jefferson - The odds are 1 in 100 that you would die from Covid-19 if you catch it, and maybe 1 in 6 that it will nuke your body with long haul Covid. The odds that you would would get Long haul Covid if vaccinated is about 1/2. bit dying goes to about 1 in 1000. Taking the vaccine gives you...

Condolences to his family and friends. There was a report on Reddit that his wife has also passed away. Hopefully that was just a rumor and is not true, as they have a lot of children.

chair - that is one of the of the most truthful statements that I have ever seen on this site.

We are fast approaching the day when we will be able to take a persons stem cell, put it into a womb and have it grow into a person. From a theological perspective when do you think that that stem cell becomes a new human life?

Every few months I check into TOL and have a look at the topics. On every occasion after reading though just a few topics I come across some rebuke and/or snide remark that someone makes about someone else. Generally the rebuke will come across as petty and mean spirited being an attack against...

In looking at today's BEL topic it pointed me to the http://kgov.com/did_life_evolve_0 Did life Evolve link. On the page it allows you to download a program that attempts to get the letters of the alphabet in sequence and it shows that it should take about 1.95 x10^24 years to accomplish the...